Pedobear to Promote Winter Olympics!

Apparently, sometimes the Internet backfires on you. A Canadian artist by the name of Michael R. Barrick created a photoshop including Pedobear with the line-up of Vancouver 2010 mascots Miga, Quatchi, and Sumi. His work looks something like this:

Of those mascots, Pedobear is the least creepy

But in a rather embarrassing move, the Polish newspaper Gazeta Olsztynska ran a picture of the above photo believing it to be legitimate. Guess Canada approves of the sexualization of underage girls? Here’s the result:

It’s not the first time this has happened. The Spanish blog DeporteSpain identified PedoBear by name as a mascot (since removed for obvious reasons). Although not the first time someone has failed to double check their facts, this one can be accredited to the people of 4chan and the Internet. Just remember…